Category Gone But Not Forgotten

Gone But Not Forgotten is the category where those well-known people who gave so much to society died

Dead at 86 is ‘ICU Grandpa’ who won hearts by snuggling babies, dies from pancreatic cancer.

Dead at 86 is 'ICU Grandpa' who won hearts by snuggling babies, dies from pancreatic cancer

ICU Grandpa story: For nearly 15 years, David Deutchman — aka the “ICU Grandpa” — cuddled babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and played with ailing toddlers as a volunteer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. His efforts to help…

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Doctor J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist, waged a 13-year war against smallpox dead at 84

Doctor J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist

Dr. J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist who waged a 13-year war against the scourge of smallpox and led the final drive for its global eradication in 1977, when the last known vestige of the disease was snuffed out in…

Read Full StoryDoctor J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist, waged a 13-year war against smallpox dead at 84

Bernard Cohen, age 68, a civil liberties attorney, is Dead

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Bernard Cohen was a civil liberties attorney and Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates; he died at age 68. On April 10, 1967, with co-counsel Philip Hirschkop, he presented an oral argument for the petitioners in Loving v. Virginia before the U. S. Supreme Court. On June 12,…

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Tommy Joe Coffey, 83 Canadian Football Hall of Famer and Ticats’ Wall of Honour member, is dead

Tommy Joe Coffey 83 Canadian Football Hall of Famer and Ticats’ Wall of Honour member is dead

Tommy Joe Coffey, the Canadian Football League, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are mourning the passing Canadian Football Hall of Famer and Ticats’ Wall of Honour. Tommy Joe was diagnosed with lung cancer in June and died in St. Peter’s Hospital…

Read Full StoryTommy Joe Coffey, 83 Canadian Football Hall of Famer and Ticats’ Wall of Honour member, is dead